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. >> to new jersey politics and the governor putting civil rights up for a vote is the newest voice in cable news is on the new news network. >>it is an independent progressive voice and i love that. >>jennifer granholm joins current tv. a former two term governor. >>people like somebody who's got a spine. >>determined to find solutions... >>we need government to ensure that people have freedom. >>driven to find the truth... >>what's really going on? >>fearless, independent and above all, politically direct. >> this could not have been foreseen. in our third story within the "countdown," as the obama administration moves, new jerseys governor chris kind of theie defended his veto of same sex equality legislation insist be that's the president's viewpoint. >> my feet are firmly planted right next to president obama's. >> that's when washington post columnist jumped from off set to confront christie. >> the key difference between you and the president is while you support putting the civil rights of a minority up for a public referendum, the president is certainly not in favor of that. >
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those are two civil rights. they both have to be protected. as i say in the book, minority voters, urban political machines and no one will save both of them. these machines have perpetuated themselves in prison cases to voter fraud in the past and people who are hurt minority communities have to put up with bad public schools, bad roads and services. >> yes, okay. so this is essential to your thesis, but you glancingly talk about the electoral college and you of course strongly oppose getting rid of the electoral college. i think there are -- that also has become a bit of a partisan issue i think because i think democrats feel populous states and to be democratic, why don't we have majority elections. you of course say that would minimize the impact of smaller states. so you know, we're not going to get rid of the electoral college because three quarters of the states have to approve them in small states never would. but why do you think a majority just in principle an election decided by the majority is wrong? >> well, i don't did is wrong,
those are two civil rights. they both have to be protected. as i say in the book, minority voters, urban political machines and no one will save both of them. these machines have perpetuated themselves in prison cases to voter fraud in the past and people who are hurt minority communities have to put up with bad public schools, bad roads and services. >> yes, okay. so this is essential to your thesis, but you glancingly talk about the electoral college and you of course strongly oppose...
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if anything, his position that we should actually vote on civil rights is a disgrace. >> ultimately, do you find% something regulatory about the fact that christie was trying to hide behind the president and the case in san francisco sending it to the ninth hiding behind the president. is there a sense that their position is en route to becoming the horse and buggy of the 21st century and the only argument is the president who we all hate individually, we're in accord with him? >> it's really an act of cowice. they understand that it's irrational unconstitutional the defense of marriage act. we see what's going to happen. marriage equality is coming state by state right now and at one point hopefully at the federal level through the court. in the meantime, you have people like christie who are at odds with the people out there and really dodging the question as he did today on the air. i think he's dancing around the issue, and at the same time, he's doing that, he's trying to portray himself at resolute when he's anything but resolute. >> founder and director of truth wins out. we t
if anything, his position that we should actually vote on civil rights is a disgrace. >> ultimately, do you find% something regulatory about the fact that christie was trying to hide behind the president and the case in san francisco sending it to the ninth hiding behind the president. is there a sense that their position is en route to becoming the horse and buggy of the 21st century and the only argument is the president who we all hate individually, we're in accord with him? >>...
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rights black history, it gave us experienced the they kind of new how things were. they learned from the failure of that experience. but also i think as a shirley chisolm set herself in her memoir that she wrote that was published a year later, is that she was the first. that only the first african-american, the first woman, it's a discipline in many ways that in 2008 when we had for the first time a viable woman running for president, and a viable african-american running for president, shirley chisolm was hardly mentioned by the media, the candidates themselves, but despite that she was the first. she took the sexism again after her. she, like barack obama and jesse jackson, i didn't talk about this in the book but she talked about in her memoir, her life was threatened because he was running. in fact, wallace was shot. and she came, she got criticism. she came to decide to offer comfort, even though ideologically they were on opposite ends. and so i think, you know, they're always tends to be the first. there were people who were tempted before jackie robinson wa
rights black history, it gave us experienced the they kind of new how things were. they learned from the failure of that experience. but also i think as a shirley chisolm set herself in her memoir that she wrote that was published a year later, is that she was the first. that only the first african-american, the first woman, it's a discipline in many ways that in 2008 when we had for the first time a viable woman running for president, and a viable african-american running for president,...
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i think the number one civil right is a right to a job. the best way to help most people is a job and that's what he is going to be talking about all week we are not going back to the policies that created the recession and the first place. it's teamwork, president barack obama came to the plant in the south side of chicago and that was after he rescued the auto industry chrysler for example when he became president had 200 jobs now has 4000 jobs the ford plant had one ship and now has three ships. but there are people who work outside of the auto industry what do we say to those people who still don't have jobs after four years? they have done an outstanding job and there's more work to be done by joining forces with the program we have to find jobs for the veterans and illinois and across america has more than exceeded their target and we have to keep on doing this for everybody. how much different will the dnc be that the rnc? >> last night it was all about fiction, making up things that had no relationship to fact. there's a lot of mud
i think the number one civil right is a right to a job. the best way to help most people is a job and that's what he is going to be talking about all week we are not going back to the policies that created the recession and the first place. it's teamwork, president barack obama came to the plant in the south side of chicago and that was after he rescued the auto industry chrysler for example when he became president had 200 jobs now has 4000 jobs the ford plant had one ship and now has three...
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rights attorney, governor, it was a path i am on. and i don't talk about my opponent and what i hope to do. i did it as a governor working with republican legislative leaders and we need more people in the senate who know how to do that. >> at the level in of the senate, you think you would be able to work with a romney white house? >> i would be able to work with a -- anyone who is present, and i would consider that any president my partnership. i'm a supporter of president obama. i want him to be elected. my first three years as governor, president bush was president and while we disagreed on a number of issues, i would not have defined myself as a destructionist to the president and we worked together in responding to virginia tech. when the president wanted a line-item veto, i supported the president on that. i will look to partner with whoever is president to do what is right for the commonwealth in the country. >> george allen appeared on fox 5 morning news last week. can you see both interviews on fox 5 d.c..com. >>> the last
rights attorney, governor, it was a path i am on. and i don't talk about my opponent and what i hope to do. i did it as a governor working with republican legislative leaders and we need more people in the senate who know how to do that. >> at the level in of the senate, you think you would be able to work with a romney white house? >> i would be able to work with a -- anyone who is present, and i would consider that any president my partnership. i'm a supporter of president obama....
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is the same as civil rights, you have to think back to what happened with civil rights. which is -- >> which has been the president has often said, i'm not sure this is the same thing as the sism rights struggle of the 19 -- the civil rights struggle of the 1960's. gwen: that's a different layer of the conversation and we'll get to it. and richard lugar's decisive 20-point drubbing in the indiana senate primary, he only won two counties in the entire state. the guy who beat him, state treasurer richard mourdock. >> this race is not about animosity. it's about ideas. it is about the direction of the republican party. it is about the direction of our country. gwen: with that, the senate's longest serving republican met the wrath of the tea party. and the decision by voters that he simply been in washington too long. which was the strongest force? >> i think dick lugar lost for two reasons. he lost because conservatives -- the conservative wing of the republican party targeted him both within the party and outside groups. and they decided he was going to be their number one
is the same as civil rights, you have to think back to what happened with civil rights. which is -- >> which has been the president has often said, i'm not sure this is the same thing as the sism rights struggle of the 19 -- the civil rights struggle of the 1960's. gwen: that's a different layer of the conversation and we'll get to it. and richard lugar's decisive 20-point drubbing in the indiana senate primary, he only won two counties in the entire state. the guy who beat him, state...
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we passed the civil rights law to prevent that. the second city right not to have your vote canceled up by someone who is an illegal alien, and died, voting twice, or someone who does not even exist. that to file its your sole rights. we can do both. now, an obstacle to this is to reference the previous speaker on fast and furious, the eric holder justice department. they claim there is no voter fraud america. the clinical want to poll taxes. eric holder himself said that. they are suing any state that they can sing their voter i.d. lot is unconstitutional even and has been up held by the supreme court. so where are we with the lyrical the justice department? a complete stall. well, this is no accident. the president of the united states got his start with these issues. his first major political challenge chicago for barack obama was with a group called project vote, a voter registration effort that registered 135,000 people and illinois in '91 and '92. project vote was allied with and an affiliate of the acorn. how many of you hav
we passed the civil rights law to prevent that. the second city right not to have your vote canceled up by someone who is an illegal alien, and died, voting twice, or someone who does not even exist. that to file its your sole rights. we can do both. now, an obstacle to this is to reference the previous speaker on fast and furious, the eric holder justice department. they claim there is no voter fraud america. the clinical want to poll taxes. eric holder himself said that. they are suing any...
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we all want an america defined by deep and meaningful equality from civil rights to labor rights, from women's rights to gay rights, from ending -- from ending discrimination to promoting unionization, to providing help for the most important job there is, caring for our families. and we all want to restore america's standing in the world to end the war in iraq, and once again, lead by the power of our values. and to join with our allies to confront our shared challenges from poverty and genocide to terrorism and global warming. you know, i've been involved in politics and public life in one way or another for four decades. and during those -- during those 40 years our country has voted ten times for president. democrats won only three of those times and the man who won two of those elections is with us today. we made -- we made tremendous progress during the '90s under a democratic president with a flourishing economy. just think how much more progress we could have made over the past 40 years if we'd had a democratic president. think about the lost opportunities of these past seven y
we all want an america defined by deep and meaningful equality from civil rights to labor rights, from women's rights to gay rights, from ending -- from ending discrimination to promoting unionization, to providing help for the most important job there is, caring for our families. and we all want to restore america's standing in the world to end the war in iraq, and once again, lead by the power of our values. and to join with our allies to confront our shared challenges from poverty and...
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civil rights movement helped change that. we're hearing charges of voter suppression and it's leveled at people who favor voter i.d. >> let everybody here applaud for the bill that was signed. >> nikki haley put her signature on a bill in a ceremony laden with history and symbolism. she was first woman and first minority elected governor of south carolina, a state with sad history of keeping blacks from voting and whites in power. new law would require every person in south carolina to show a picture i.d. before entering the voting booth. the law has sparked charges to steal elections in her state. but haley thinks south carolina's real problem today is that votes of law abinding citizens are being cancelled out by illegally cast ballots. >> this protects elderly and people from absentee ballots. we want to make sure we are saying who they say they are. >> without photo i.d.? >> without voter i.d. i don't want dead people voting in the state of south carolina. >> there is evidence that dead people voting is a real problem acc
civil rights movement helped change that. we're hearing charges of voter suppression and it's leveled at people who favor voter i.d. >> let everybody here applaud for the bill that was signed. >> nikki haley put her signature on a bill in a ceremony laden with history and symbolism. she was first woman and first minority elected governor of south carolina, a state with sad history of keeping blacks from voting and whites in power. new law would require every person in south carolina...
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civil rights movement helped change that. we're hearing charges of voter suppression and it's leveled at people who favor voter i.d. >> let everybody here applaud for the bill that was signed. >> nikki haley put her signature on a bill in a ceremony laden with history and symbolism. she was first woman and first minority elected governor of south carolina, a state with sad history of keeping blacks from voting and whites in power. new law would require every person in south carolina to show a picture i.d. before entering the voting booth. the law has sparked charges to steal elections in her state. but haley thinks south carolina's real problem today is that votes of law abinding citizens are being cancelled out by illegally cast ballots. >> this protects elderly and people from absentee ballots. we want to make sure we are saying who they say they are. >> without photo i.d.? >> without voter i.d. i don't want dead people voting in the state of south carolina. >> there is evidence that dead people voting is a real problem acc
civil rights movement helped change that. we're hearing charges of voter suppression and it's leveled at people who favor voter i.d. >> let everybody here applaud for the bill that was signed. >> nikki haley put her signature on a bill in a ceremony laden with history and symbolism. she was first woman and first minority elected governor of south carolina, a state with sad history of keeping blacks from voting and whites in power. new law would require every person in south carolina...
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would this court have upheld the civil rights bill? the statute which declared it illegal to refuse access to someone because of race to a hotel, gas station restroom. would scalia, thomas, alito, and kennedy approved such a decision or joined in the decent? well, maybe kennedy would have. the fact is we have the most conservative court since the early 1930s and maybe more than that. these justices led by scalia believe in original intent. they want to judge cases the way the foundin fathers would. well, the founding fathers, wrote slavely into the constitution. it took a civil war and the 13th amendment to get it out. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "politicsnation" with al sharpton starts now. . . >>> welcome to "politicsnation." i'm al sharpton. tonight's lead, the election fairness. at a campaign event in new hampshire this afternoon, president obama laid out his vision of this country. a vision of america where everyone has shot at success. a vision where the middle class thrives. a vision that stands in direc
would this court have upheld the civil rights bill? the statute which declared it illegal to refuse access to someone because of race to a hotel, gas station restroom. would scalia, thomas, alito, and kennedy approved such a decision or joined in the decent? well, maybe kennedy would have. the fact is we have the most conservative court since the early 1930s and maybe more than that. these justices led by scalia believe in original intent. they want to judge cases the way the foundin fathers...
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it was based on his thought that civil rights movement was moderate and didn't go far enough. he thought what would happen if aliens came to the united states and they offered to absolve of our national debt if we sold them black americans as jews stood by and for selling them black americans as slaves they would give us gold and we would pay off our national debt and reagan was depicted as a slave trader, it sounds polarizing with me. >> what i would say to that is this is 17 years ago. he wasn't president at the time. he's a young -- like many students probably trying out all sorts of radical thoughts and ideas and harvard is known like many universities for coming up with all sorts of crack pot hypotheticals. that's the point of harvard. why are we all making such a fuss about barack obama getting radical in college? who cares. >> law school. law school. >> law school, college, university, it's all the same thing. >> if i may jump in here, i was radical in college. i went to princeton. i was a vegetarian and animal rights activist. >> shameful. >> today i eat as much prime
it was based on his thought that civil rights movement was moderate and didn't go far enough. he thought what would happen if aliens came to the united states and they offered to absolve of our national debt if we sold them black americans as jews stood by and for selling them black americans as slaves they would give us gold and we would pay off our national debt and reagan was depicted as a slave trader, it sounds polarizing with me. >> what i would say to that is this is 17 years ago....
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civil rights movement helped change that. we're hearing charges of voter suppression and it's leveled at people who favor voter i.d. >> let everybody here applaud for the bill that was signed. >> nikki haley put her signature on a bill in a ceremony laden with history and symbolism. she was first woman and first minority elected governor of south carolina, a state with sad history of keeping blacks from voting and whites in power. new law would require every person in south carolina to show a picture i.d. before entering the voting booth. the law has sparked charges to steal elections in her state. but haley thinks south carolina's real problem today is that votes of law abinding citizens are being cancelled out by illegally cast ballots. >> this protects elderly and people from absentee ballots. we want to make sure we are saying who they say they are. >> without photo i.d.? >> without voter i.d. i don't want dead people voting in the state of south carolina. >> there is evidence that dead people voting is a real problem acc
civil rights movement helped change that. we're hearing charges of voter suppression and it's leveled at people who favor voter i.d. >> let everybody here applaud for the bill that was signed. >> nikki haley put her signature on a bill in a ceremony laden with history and symbolism. she was first woman and first minority elected governor of south carolina, a state with sad history of keeping blacks from voting and whites in power. new law would require every person in south carolina...
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right before the civil war. >> charlie: is that where we are right now? >> i think not. there's another hope. it's what i write about in the book. we either have a dominant party or you have a balance and there's bipartisanship. or there's an ergence of a third party. not a presidential party. a congressional party dedicated three or four specific objectives with specific policies that if they were elected-- and you have 20 or 25-- that they would cut deals to move their agenda which would be the national agenda that both parties won't move because of their special constituencies in part related to money. you then have a catalyst to begin to address the real problems the country has. >> charlie: i have i believe you have to get down in the trenches. en youet inhe trenches, that's what's going to be necessary. it really is. not just you but lots of people. people in the private sector have to get more involved than simply funding congressional... funding political races or lobbying in order to see an economy that works best for them. >> no question about that. that's what
right before the civil war. >> charlie: is that where we are right now? >> i think not. there's another hope. it's what i write about in the book. we either have a dominant party or you have a balance and there's bipartisanship. or there's an ergence of a third party. not a presidential party. a congressional party dedicated three or four specific objectives with specific policies that if they were elected-- and you have 20 or 25-- that they would cut deals to move their agenda...
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this is about equal rights. >> yeah. >> this is about the -- the civil rights movement was not ability black rights, the suffrage movement was not about women's rights, it's about the rights of americans to be equal under the law, plain and simple. and i understand the passions that come from a religious perspective. you know, that's why we've taken pains to separate church and state. when it comes to the laws of this country, people don't understand the agony and the anguish it causes the families to be -- from social security, to veterans affairs, to immigration, to tax law to hit so many barriers and the effects it has on people's lives. and then just the simple idea that i have teenagers in my city that feel like that they're worth, that they're dignity is denied them in this nation that views them as unequal, and inferior. and that to me is so counter as to what we stand as as a nation. they are important and they have your place. but when it comes to the government of the united states, to discriminate in this manner should be unacceptable to everyone. >> that idea of a single cl
this is about equal rights. >> yeah. >> this is about the -- the civil rights movement was not ability black rights, the suffrage movement was not about women's rights, it's about the rights of americans to be equal under the law, plain and simple. and i understand the passions that come from a religious perspective. you know, that's why we've taken pains to separate church and state. when it comes to the laws of this country, people don't understand the agony and the anguish it...
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i'm not with you on the most important thing in the world to you right now which is civil rights, public accommodations, acss to restaurant and hotels and gas station restrooms and all that came with it. all those freedoms that come with being an american. it seems like this time, it's pretty much the same thing only romney's saying i'm not with you and i'm just not with you in your sentiments. i'm going to go with the anglos, i'm going to go with the other side and put my chip money on the working class white guy who's ticked at you. i'm going the other way. you just lost with me. i've never seen a candidate take sides so clearly. >> i'll try to be objective, but my analytical point is the same. he has a huge problem because the position he's taken with the hispanic community. he's right now polling in the mid 20s. you can't win a national election polling with given the size of the hispanic vote and in certain key states, you can't win with that kind of number. one of the most serious political imperatives mitt romney has is to try to fix his problem with the hispanic community. what h
i'm not with you on the most important thing in the world to you right now which is civil rights, public accommodations, acss to restaurant and hotels and gas station restrooms and all that came with it. all those freedoms that come with being an american. it seems like this time, it's pretty much the same thing only romney's saying i'm not with you and i'm just not with you in your sentiments. i'm going to go with the anglos, i'm going to go with the other side and put my chip money on the...
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or national right. >> liberals are still upset. >> bill: civil rights movement. tomorrow we are going to have reverends on the program. one is very against gay marriage and one is for it they are going to discuss the impact in the african-american community of which there has been intense reaction. i don't know if it's going to hurt president obama very much, but i don't think he is going to get 95% as did he in 2008 of t afric-a this time aroi wrong. >> i think he will get to 95. how many peoet think this is determinative. in other words, i think there is lots of opposition. if you look at the poll numbers, it's about half of black america does not like this. if you go into the churches, it's much stronger. a lot of hypocrisy because there is no shortage of gay black people in the world. i think as a very -- population, feeling that. >> bill: why do you have to be hypocritical, juan, you just demonized a bunch of church-going people. you have to respect the fact that there are people who believe that marriage should be held at this standard as far as what nature
or national right. >> liberals are still upset. >> bill: civil rights movement. tomorrow we are going to have reverends on the program. one is very against gay marriage and one is for it they are going to discuss the impact in the african-american community of which there has been intense reaction. i don't know if it's going to hurt president obama very much, but i don't think he is going to get 95% as did he in 2008 of t afric-a this time aroi wrong. >> i think he will get to...
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it was about human rights. it wasn't even about civil rights. so these conversations in this book were just a starting point. what we're going to do tonight is expand the conversation. you are part of the conversation . so with this book in this project i want you to read it, listen to this cd, 11 hours of audio, and people from history, conversations i had with the people in this book about what you'd add your voice to a two. it's just like how were able to sit and listen to the conversation that someone has the foresight to house so we can be inspired some people look at this moment in history, they can hear from african-american exactly what they do, what we think about the so-called age of obama. so i'm going to tell you exactly how to get involved. i do want to get into conversation tonight. i have to say i'm a little bit sad because this tour is almost over. i've been away from home. me and my roadie, my mom has been all the way through. but each place we visited from los angeles to san francisco to oakland to washington d.c. and even here
it was about human rights. it wasn't even about civil rights. so these conversations in this book were just a starting point. what we're going to do tonight is expand the conversation. you are part of the conversation . so with this book in this project i want you to read it, listen to this cd, 11 hours of audio, and people from history, conversations i had with the people in this book about what you'd add your voice to a two. it's just like how were able to sit and listen to the conversation...
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civil rights bill. where did they find comfort? in the republican party. and we know what johnson said. we may have done the right thing in passing the '65 voting rights act, but we'll lose the south because it's going to go republican. but he didn't bring that up as far as the history. >> the dixiecrats left the democratic party. there were racists in the democratic party. >> that's right. >> but they went and found refuge in the republican party. but then let me ask you this, alex. this whole food stamp thing that they are using -- well, let me show you the exchange tyler and i had on the food stamp question. i want to raise something with you. >> more people are on food stamps today because of barack obama. >> it is a patent untruth that president obama has more people on food stamp. more people went on food stamps, new food stamps recipients under george bush than under president obama. would you call him a food stamp president? >> well, we're not running against george bush. we're running against b
civil rights bill. where did they find comfort? in the republican party. and we know what johnson said. we may have done the right thing in passing the '65 voting rights act, but we'll lose the south because it's going to go republican. but he didn't bring that up as far as the history. >> the dixiecrats left the democratic party. there were racists in the democratic party. >> that's right. >> but they went and found refuge in the republican party. but then let me ask you...
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the civil rights agenda was really forced on them by the civil rights movement, led by martin luther king and many other people who are not in the book. you can read about them there. beginning with the civil rights movement, liberalism transformed itself again and became the manner in which citizens look to their government to give them a fair shake, not just in economic life, but in all forms of life. really every grievance that people had that derives from public life, was put on the burden of government or politicians to try to address it was, as i say in the book, unavoidable for liberals to take on the burden of civil rights in the 1960s. there would have been no point in calling yourself a liberal if you turned your back on that. liberals made a lot of mistakes, many of which were for simple. the biggest mistake was they said to the white working class come up which was their primary constituency, you will pay the price for all of these oppressions that black people live with. and if you object to paying the price, you are a racist. people don't like being called racists. they
the civil rights agenda was really forced on them by the civil rights movement, led by martin luther king and many other people who are not in the book. you can read about them there. beginning with the civil rights movement, liberalism transformed itself again and became the manner in which citizens look to their government to give them a fair shake, not just in economic life, but in all forms of life. really every grievance that people had that derives from public life, was put on the burden...
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college affordability, jobs and the economy, civil rights, women's issues. they may disagree on how to get there but talking about what has the president done, accomplished and still not done, right, wanting to continue to tackle comprehensive immigration reform, mentioned energy and the environment, the piece about, for example, raising fuel mileage standards that's great but the president wants to do more. it's sort of context actualizing why do we want a second term and it's because of the things that have been on the radar that have been in the plans that we want to push forward. >> now there was a really i thought fascinating harvard poll, did a poll of young people. we rarely see a poll of just young people. usually a national poll and all young people are also included. so they did this poll and the thing that i was most struck by and i want to read the numbers off for you, they asked young voters who definitely, definitely plan to vote, in 2008, 66% said they definitely plan to vote. 2012, 48%. now that doesn't say those are young obama voters or you
college affordability, jobs and the economy, civil rights, women's issues. they may disagree on how to get there but talking about what has the president done, accomplished and still not done, right, wanting to continue to tackle comprehensive immigration reform, mentioned energy and the environment, the piece about, for example, raising fuel mileage standards that's great but the president wants to do more. it's sort of context actualizing why do we want a second term and it's because of the...
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harry truman once -- wanted a civil-rights plank. he desegregated the military and he wanted a civil-rights platform in 1948, a democratic platform. so strom thurmond carried five states and 40 of the electoral votes but he soon faded. that is ancient history, the dixiecrats. host: tampa, florida. are you with us? we'll try one more time. silver lake, indiana, republican line. caller: good morning, cspan. i would like a few questions answered from the gentleman on c-span out. host: let's hear them. caller: you hear all this political from parties that are running for office. i think we should have a rule that when they are running for office that they will hold themselves true to what they believe that they are running for and if it is found out that they are lying, that they can be recalled and put out of office. this would blank any of the fall's campaign that could be kept to their ability. host: thanks for the call. what about that idea? guest: in california, it forced governor schwarzenegger into office because the republicans w
harry truman once -- wanted a civil-rights plank. he desegregated the military and he wanted a civil-rights platform in 1948, a democratic platform. so strom thurmond carried five states and 40 of the electoral votes but he soon faded. that is ancient history, the dixiecrats. host: tampa, florida. are you with us? we'll try one more time. silver lake, indiana, republican line. caller: good morning, cspan. i would like a few questions answered from the gentleman on c-span out. host: let's hear...
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as you know, my father probably was killed not because he was talking about the right to vote, civil rights, human rights but because he was talking about economic empowerment back in 1968. he was talking about the fact that we need a living wage. and here we are in 2012 and we still have a poor minimum wage that we've got to raise in many areas. but it really goes back to the vote. if people are not able to vote, then they cannot elect the people who will possess that leadership vision. that's why it's so important. all of us should join this demonstration this week between the 4th and the 9th of march. as we observe on the 4th the actual bloody sunday, but then throughout the 4th, as you and others are leading this demonstration, we ought to all be there to say that enough is enough and all we're saying is wee deserve our right to this democratic process by participating in having the right to vote without any kind of forms of suppression. >> martin luther king iii. thanks for your time tonight. see you in selma. i'll be seeing you when we kick off our march on sunday, and we'll be
as you know, my father probably was killed not because he was talking about the right to vote, civil rights, human rights but because he was talking about economic empowerment back in 1968. he was talking about the fact that we need a living wage. and here we are in 2012 and we still have a poor minimum wage that we've got to raise in many areas. but it really goes back to the vote. if people are not able to vote, then they cannot elect the people who will possess that leadership vision. that's...